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How to Make Yogurt in the Ninja Foodi
Yogurt in the Ninja Foodi, is a simple and easy way to make delicious and nutritious yogurt at home without all the crazy ingredients that some yogurts have. It is also extremely cost effective. Today we are going to learn how to make yogurt in the Ninja Food! What are the ingredients in yogurt? Yogurt is nothing more than whole milk and a starter culture. That is it! You can certainly add sweeteners and other flavors, but if you are looking for just a plain yogurt that is all there is to it. We love to add in vanilla and honey to make a simple vanilla yogurt. You could also…
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The Best Simple Carrot Cake Recipe
This incredibly delicious and simple carrot cake recipe is a spin off of a recipe my sister has made famous in our family. This recipe requires no fancy equipment and very little time to pull together. Made from scratch has never been easier or more delicious. What is this Simple Carrot Cake Made Of? Oil Carrot cake is an oil based cake which helps the cake to have its characteristic dense texture and elevates the spices. While most oil based cakes use vegetable or canola oils, we much prefer coconut oil. According to Medical News Today, coconut oil has many possible benefits such as the potential to reduce bad cholesterol…
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How to Make Vanilla Extract at Home
The cost of everything seems to keep going up and up and up now a days which means we have to learn how to be frugal with the items we purchase from the grocery store and ensure we are getting the most bang for our buck. Today at the grocery store vanilla extract costs about $9 for a 2 oz bottle. That seems excessive to me, so instead of purchasing the bottle from the store, we are going to learn how to make vanilla extract at home for less than $2.50 an ounce! What is Vanilla Extract? Vanilla extract is simply a mixture of alcohol and vanilla beans that is…
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How to Can Apple Pie Filling
Grandma’s apple pies and fried apples are always the best, and she has a secret to making both of these dishes quick and easy! Today we are learning how to can apple pie filling ya’ll! Shew! What a few months this has been. Holy moly! We are finally living in the farmhouse after two whole years of renovations, blood, sweat, tears, pandemic and everything else you could think of in between. This started out as a project that I thought would only take 8 months and boy was I wrong! With that being said, make sure to check in on our Instagram to keep up with all the decorating that…
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Easy Valentine’s Day Dinner Ideas
Love is in the air ya’ll! And Valentine’s Day is around the corner bringing along with it all the expectations for romance and fancy dinners. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have time to cook a complicated three course meal, but I do still love to make my husband feel special. That is why I put together these Easy Valentine’s Day Dinner Ideas. So you can spend more time on the romance and less time in the kitchen. Ahhh do you remember Valentine’s Day when you were still young and in love? He would buy you flowers and jewelry and take you to a nice dinner at a…
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Easy Peach Cobbler with Sourdough Discard Recipe
This easy Peach Cobbler combines canned peaches and sourdough discard for a scrumptious cobbler that can be made year round. There is something so homey about a good cobbler. It is the kind of dessert that your granny used to make when you would come over for Sunday dinner after church. Peach Cobbler is the epitome of summertime as a child with fresh peaches dripping juice down your face and onto your pretty Sunday dress as you run barefoot through Granny’s yard, hair flying in the breeze. Ahhhh Summer….. With winter really starting to take its toll here in Virginia, I am ready for a little bit of summer to…
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How to Make Melt In Your Mouth Christmas Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are a Christmas tradition at our home. We love to make and decorate these delicious melt in your mouth Christmas Sugar Cookies for Santa every year on Christmas Eve. These buttery delicious bites are sure to please your family and the big guy in red. I can remember being a little girl, sitting on the counter of my momma’s kitchen as she rolled out the silky buttery dough. She would always let me and my sister use the old metal Christmas Cookie Cutters to make stars, bells, snowmen, and boots. Then she would carefully move the dough to the cookie sheet and the real fun began. We always…
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The Best Easy Christmas Desserts
Christmas can be a busy time of year full of holiday parties and get togethers. Between holiday shopping, Christmas Parties, and everyday life, who has time to spend hours baking in the kitchen? That is why we put together this list of the best easy Christmas desserts! Christmas is my favorite time of year. There is so much joy and magic in the air. But it can also be a really busy time full of things to do and places to go. As much as I love to be in the kitchen baking, sometimes with all the other things, it isn’t feasible to spend the day in the kitchen baking.…
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The Best Pie Crust Recipe (Step by Step Guide)
This step by step guide will teach you everything you need to know to make the perfect pie crust every time. In this guide we will talk about what makes the best pie crust recipe and break the recipe down into a step by step process that will up your pie crust making game in time for the holidays. Your family will be asking how you do it! Pie crusts are the underrated heroes of holiday desserts. Without a great crust, you can never have a great pie! Pie is so much more than the filling, it is a textural combination of a delicious filling and flaky buttery crust. No…
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The Best Apple Streusel Bread Recipe
This is the best apple streusel bread recipe you will come across! It is a delicious and relatively healthy dessert that taste like fall. Large chunks of apples stud this lovely quick bread. The cinnamon, oat, and brown sugar streusel topping provides the perfect amount of sweetness and texture to make this apple streusel bread a delightful mouthful. Apples are the quintessential fall fruit. The crisp red skin breaking way to a sweet interior brings about thoughts of bonfires and falling leaves. Every fall we find ourselves in apples somehow. While we usually end up making applesauce with majority of the apple, we always have one or two apple…
